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 PUBLIC LAW 96-509—DEC. 8, 1980

94 STAT. 2755

"(4) make refinements in recommended standards for the administration of juvenile justice at the Federal, State, and local levels which have been reviewed under section 247, and recom- 42 USC 5657. mend Federal, State, and local action to facilitate the adoption of such standards throughout the United States. "(e) Beginning in 1981, the Advisory Committee shall submit such Report to interim reports as it considers advisable to the President and to the President and Congress. Congress, and shall submit an annual report to the President and to the Congress not later than March 31 of each year. Each such report shall describe the activities of the Advisory Committee and shall contain such findings and recommendations as the Advisory Committee considers necessary or appropriate. "(f) The Advisory Committee shall have staff personnel, appointed by the Chairman with the approval of the Advisory Committee, to assist it in carrying out its activities. The head of each Federal agency shall make available to the Advisory Committee such information and other assistance as it may require to carry out its activities. The Advisory Committee shall not have any authority to procure any temporary or intermittent services of any personnel under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, or under any other provision of law. "(g)(1) Members of the Advisory Committee shall, while serving on Compensation business of the Advisory Committee, be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily rate specified for Grade GS-18 of the General Schedule in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, including traveltime. "(2) Members of the Advisory Committee, while serving away from Travel expense their places of residence or regular places of business, shall be and per diem. entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as the expenses authorized by section 5703 of title 5, United States Code, for persons in the Federal Government service employed intermittently. "(h) To carry out the purposes of this section, there is authorized to Appropriation be appropriated such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed authorization. $500,000 for each fiscal year.". ALLOCATION

SEC. 10. The last sentence of section 222(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5632(a)) is amended by striking out "and", and by inserting ", and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands" after "Pacific Islands". STATE PLANS

SEC. 11. (a)(1) Section 223(a) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)) is amended by striking out "consistent with the provisions" and all that follows through "such plan must" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "applicable to a 3-year period. Such plan shall be amended annually to include new programs, and the State shall submit annued performance reports to the Administrator which shall describe progress in implementing programs contained in the original plan, and shall describe the status of compliance with State plan requirements. In accordance with regulations which the Administrator shall prescribe, such plan shall". (2) Section 223(a)(3)(A) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(3)(A)) is amended by striking

Performance reports.

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